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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Introduction to the Bottom Tool Bar in Lightroom

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Introduction to the Bottom Tool
Bar in Lightroom

The Bottom Tool Bar

At the bottom of the center panel, you will find the bottom
tool bar. The tools here are grid view, loupe view, check all, uncheck all,
Include in Import, Zoom, and Thumbnail (size). Here is what your Lightroom
workspace might look like. The grid view tool is pointed out below.

Grid View and Loupe View

The tool panel along the
bottom gives you two ways to view the images: grid view (all images in small
slide form) or loupe view (one image at a time.)

Selecting Images In Grid View

While in grid view, you
can choose to check or uncheck all.

Selecting Images In Loupe View

If you are in loupe
view, you can choose to check or uncheck that image only. See Include in Import
below.

Zooming and Adjusting Thumbnail Size

On the right-hand side
of the bottom toolbar is a handy Zoom Fit slider bar.

If you are in loupe view,
this is what you will see:

If you are in grid view,
you can adjust the image Thumbnail size by sliding the bar.

Get to know the bottom
tool bar and use it often!

Next Post: Another way
to Import Images into Lightroom

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